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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK but did Elizabeth have a scientific concept to support the ability to do this?

Anything more than- wouldn't it be cool if it was one drop of a blood into a machine that super analyzed it immediately?

If Siemens could shrink and speed up their machines, they would have. What was the breakthough she was bringing to the table?

I feel like my 9 year old could come up with the concept. I realize I'm being snarky here but really I'm totally ignorant about all of this I just don't get it.[/quote]
I don't believe she ever had anything other than the idea. With her first cohort of scientists, the promise was, "I'll get the funding to develop this." The most relevant breakthrough was microfluidics, but she had nothing specific to blood testing.[/quote]

She attached her name to all of Ian Gibbons’ patents but she actually did no work on them. They were all Ian’s work. And he knew exactly the limitations of those patents and how they were not ready for prime time. When he tried to tell her they didn’t work well enough to go in Walgreens, she demoted him to a glorified HR person and stripped him of his lab role. He killed himself the day before his deposition to testify on how they didn’t work for what she intended.[/quote]

His story, plus those of some of the patients who were really directly harmed by the con they pulled, is what pushes me over the edge. Like if people die thanks to your stupid business con, you're no longer a white collar criminal anymore -- you are culpable.

If I were Ian's family I'd never let this go. It's really devastating to me that he was ever put in that position and that he wound up dying as a result. I know he was sick but it's no excuse. There is just no excuse for what they did.[/quote]I agree.[/quote]

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